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Everyday expressions and real English conversations to help make your English conversations easier. Every week, we teach you a new phrase or expression.

Everyday expressions and real English conversations to help make your English conversations easier.

Every week, we teach you a new phrase or word you can use in conversation with The English We Speak.

And we bring you special series to improve your English conversation.

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Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    Freecycle

    Tue 24 Sep 2019

    When you don't want to sell, freecycle! Learn what it means.

  • Carbon footprint

    Tue 17 Sep 2019

    Love to travel but worried about the environment? Here's a phrase for you to use.

  • To cough up

    Tue 10 Sep 2019

    When is a cough not a cough? We teach you a money-related phrase.

  • Brain fade

    Tue 3 Sep 2019

    We teach you a phrase that's worth remembering!

  • Fib

    Tue 27 Aug 2019

    We won鈥檛 teach you to lie, but you will learn how to use the word 鈥榝ib鈥�.

  • Hot under the collar

    Tue 20 Aug 2019

    Cool off and learn this phrase with us.

  • Eat your heart out

    Tue 13 Aug 2019

    Learn a humorous phrase about being the best!

  • Across

    Tue 6 Aug 2019

    When is 'across' not a preposition?

  • Fat chance

    Tue 30 Jul 2019

    Learn an expression about likelihood.

  • Milk it

    Tue 23 Jul 2019

    A phrase about taking advantage of a situation to gain sympathy or respect

  • To cherry-pick

    Tue 16 Jul 2019

    We鈥檝e picked the best phrase for you to learn!

  • To fight tooth and nail

    Tue 9 Jul 2019

    Learn a phrase about working hard to get just what you want.

  • It's a small world

    Tue 2 Jul 2019

    Learn an expression about coincidences.

  • Vanish into thin air

    Tue 25 Jun 2019

    Learn an expression about disappearing

  • Get the short straw

    Tue 18 Jun 2019

    A phrase that sucks!

  • Soft skills

    Tue 11 Jun 2019

    These are job skills needed to deal with the public, and very much in demand.

  • Clever clogs

    Tue 28 May 2019

    Will wearing new shoes make Feifei more intelligent? Join her and Rob in this programme.

  • Couch surfing

    Tue 21 May 2019

    Looking for a sofa to sleep on? Learn a phrase to describe your actions.

  • Like riding a bike

    Tue 14 May 2019

    Learn an English expression about skills we never forget.

  • On fire

    Tue 7 May 2019

    Can you be on fire without any flames?

  • Dead

    Tue 23 Apr 2019

    If something is 'dead good' is that a positive or negative thing?

  • Give someone the runaround

    Tue 16 Apr 2019

    A phrase about being unhelpful.

  • Laughing all the way to the bank

    Tue 9 Apr 2019

    When can going to the bank be funny? We've got a phrase that will leave you laughing.

  • The joke is on you

    Tue 2 Apr 2019

    Find out more about a seriously funny English phrase.

  • Keep a lid on it

    Tue 26 Mar 2019

    Learn the right English phrase about having to put a stop to something.

  • To pull the wool over someone's eyes

    Tue 19 Mar 2019

    Here's a phrase about preventing someone from discovering something.

  • Take the rough with the smooth

    Tue 12 Mar 2019

    Learn an expression about experiencing bad things to enable you to enjoy good things.

  • Hard-nosed

    Tue 5 Mar 2019

    What is a hard-nosed person like? Find out in this episode of The English We Speak.

  • To have a soft spot

    Tue 26 Feb 2019

    How do you feel if you really like something or someone? This phrase might help you.

  • To make a song and dance (about something)

    Tue 19 Feb 2019

    If things don't go your way, how can singing and dancing help?

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